Sherrilyn Ifill to Keynote JusticeAid Public Forum on Racist Policing in Communities and Schools

While we are all still absorbing the significance of the Chauvin conviction, the video of Chicago police killing 13-year-old Adam Toledo on April 15th reminds us of the constant and often deadly presence of the police in Black and brown children’s lives. This pervasive and menacing police presence in both neighborhoods and schools inflicts significant trauma – and too often even brutal violence – on children from these communities.

JusticeAid’s 2021 Spring Forum in partnership with The Riverside Church of New York calls each of us to action, spotlighting the roles played by today’s youth-led movements and innovative public defenders to combat racist policing, empower communities, and hold police accountable.

We invite you to join us for the JusticeAid 2021 Spring Forum: Safety For Whom? Racist Policing in Communities and Schools
Sunday May 2nd, airing at 4 & 8 pm ET on YouTube. Download program flyer.

Keynote by Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF).

Moderator, Angela J. Davis, Distinguished Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law, in conversation with:

• Kristin Nicole Henning, Blume Professor of Law & Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law
• Rick Jones, Executive Director, Neighborhood Defender Service (NDS)
• Sally Lee, Founder and Executive Director, Teachers Unite.

With special musical performances by the Resistance Revival Chorus and Matthew Whitaker.

MUSIC THAT MATTERS

We’re looking forward to when we can all enjoy live music again. Meanwhile, to commemorate Earth Day on April 22nd, we hope you’ll enjoy our Songs of Protest: You Are Only Issued One Earth from the JusticeAid music blog archives.

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